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Posted by Peg h on October 30, 2009, 9:43 pm, in reply to "What is really sad is that it is still occurring in other countries"
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Saw a documentary a few weeks ago....setting was the African countries of Goma and Kinshasa (Sp?). If someone becomes ill in a family the child many times is determined to be a witch and the cause of the illness. the child is then tortured with scalding and other burns and is turned out to the streets. The children by the hundreds join the displaced children to live in the streets. It is so sad...they are being taken care of by "Save the Children"..Unicef and other religious groups. Unfortunately a few "religious" groups are agreeing that the children are witches and committing them to abandonment. Children as young as two are left on their own. Such a heartache. God bless those organizations for helping the children. A strong move is growing to educate and counsel families and to return the children when safe. Quite an enormous undertaking.
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